HR 1696
116th Congress
House
Taxation
Child care and development
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices
PACE Act
Introduced: March 12, 2019
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 12, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 12, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Promoting Affordable Childcare for Everyone Act or the PACE Act
This bill modifies the tax credit for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment (known as the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit) to (1) make the credit refundable, (2) increase the rate for the credit, and (3) require the dollar amounts for such credit to be adjusted for inflation after 2019.
The bill also increases the amount of employer-provided dependent care assistance which may be excluded from the gross income of an employee and requires the increased exclusion amount to be adjusted for inflation after 2020.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committees of jurisdiction
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